Ultrasound on a mobile phone, it's possible the U.S.A

At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, a company presented an original system: a pocket ultrasound equipment with display on a smartphone. The design is driven by two researchers, after years of development, and method, particularly economic, is now allowed in the United States.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Federal Agency U.S. Food and Drug, last week authorized the company to market its Mobis ultrasound system for smartphones, called Mobius.

The invention is a credit to William Richard and David Zar, two scientists who worked at Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) and have developed a portable ultrasound system. Originally, the unit size of a flashlight that plugs into a laptop but the increased power of mobile phones, smartphones until today, has yet to descend in size.

For reviews inexpensive feasible everywhere

The Mobius cost between $ 7,000 and $ 8,000 (from 5180 to 5900 euros), higher than the rates announced two years ago. It requires a smartphone running Windows Mobile Toshiba, a probe and the software company. Mobis expects to lower its price in half in the future, but "this price is already much lower than today's ultrasound systems, which cost at least $ 20,000 and sometimes more than $ 100,000, which the is beyond the reach of many health professionals, even the United States, "according to a U.S. magazine.

According Mobis, the device can be placed in inexperienced hands, not those of a nurse specializing in ultrasound for example, captured images are then sent by telephone to a medical facility for diagnosis.

At the fair of Barcelona, the device Mobis is one of five products nominated for the award in the category "Most innovative e-health" of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, which runs from February 14 to 17. The others are appointed for ANT + ANT Wireless, Research In Motion BlackBerry solution, RS Techmedica and Sierra Wireless to Dyna-Vision RS Techmedica, and ZTE Corporation ZTE Smart Healthcare.